Penholder



(No Model.)

W. B. PERRY.

PENHOLDBR. 7 No. 573,696. Patented Dec. 22, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VALTER BRIGGS PERRY, OF DUBLIN, GEORGIA.

PENHOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 573,696, dated December 22, 1896.

Application filed November 13, 1896. Serial No..611 .973. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER BRIGGS PERRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dublin, in the county of Laurens and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Penholder, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in penholders.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of penholders and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient one adapted to be arranged on one of the fingers and to support the muscles of the hand and capable of enabling a person to write excessively without experiencing the cramp often resulting from grasping the ordinary penholder.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a penholder constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional'view, the spring being shown in elevation. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional View.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

1 designates a tapering finger-socket adapted to be placed on one of the fingers of the hand, preferably the forefinger, but it may be used on one of the other fingers if the forefinger should be lost or injured, and it is composed of an outer section or thimble 2, an inner ring or band 3, and connecting-strips 4, disposed longitudinally of the socket. By this construction a skeleton finger-socket is provided which is adapted to extend along the finger a sufficient distance to afford a firm support for a pen, and as the socket is open the finger is not caused to perspire. A penreceiving socket 5 is mounted on the upper portion of the outer section or thimble 2 and is adapted to receive a pen 6, and it consists of two substantially semicylindrical plates conforming to the configuration of the inner portion of the pen and having extended side edges, which are secured to the finger-socket.

The penholder is provided with an adjustable support 7 for the hand, and the support consists of a circular spring having one end secured to the skeleton side at the bottom thereof and having its other end free, whereby the loop of the spring may be varied in diameter to suit the size of the hand. By this construction a yielding expansible grip is provided which is adapted to be grasped or clasped in the hand while Writin g and which is readily adjustable to accommodate itself to the size of the writers hand.

It will be seen that the penholder is simple and comparatively inexpensive in construction, that it is adjustable to suit the size of the hand, and that it will avoid the cramp often experienced by writers resulting from grasping the stick of the ordinary penholder.

\Vhat I claim is 1. A penholder comprising a finger-socket, a pen-receiving socket arranged at the end of the finger-socket, and a hand support or grip consisting of a circular spring depending from the finger-socket and adapted to be grasped in the hand, substantially as described.

2. A penholder comprising a finger-socket, a pen-receiving socket arranged at the outer end of the finger-socket and located at the top thereof, and an adjustable hand support or grip consisting of a circular spring secured at one end to the bottom of the finger-socket, depending therefrom and having its other end free, whereby the loop of the springis adapted to be varied in diameter to suit the size of the hand, substantially as described.

3. A penholder comprising a finger-socket composed of a closed outer section or thimble, an inner band and longitudinal strips connecting the band and the outer section or thimble and forming a skeleton socket, a penreceiving socket mounted on the outer section or thimble, and an adjustable support or grip connected with the finger socket, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

YVALTER BRIGGS PERRY.

Witnesses:

R. K. KNIPPER, G. F. GREEN. 

